Dummy's Guide to FPGA's?

[Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott]

Is there such a thing? Suitable for an old guy like me that thinks
graphically, in terms of gates, and not in terms of code?

 

[Leon Heller]

"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"

Is there such a thing? Suitable for an old guy like me that thinks
graphically, in terms of gates, and not in terms of code?

You can use schematic entry with the Xilinx and Altera tools, if you wish.

Leon

 

[Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott]

You can use schematic entry with the Xilinx and Altera tools, if you wish.

And the Dummy's Guide?

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[Peter Bennett]

Is there such a thing? Suitable for an old guy like me that thinks
graphically, in terms of gates, and not in terms of code?

Haven't seen anything - I just lept in and started by drawing
schematics.

Altera's design software even lets you use 7474s and 7400s, and other
TTL-equivalent "parts" when designing for their FPGAs.

If you study the help documents and sample designs, you'll find that
some things are easier to do using AHDL or other "programming
language" than with schematics - and you can mix schematics and AHDL
in one design.

 

[hrh1818]

I wouldn't consider it a dummy's guide but "The Design Warrior's Guide
to FPGAs" by Clive "Max" Maxfield is a good resource for both novice
and veteran engineers.

 

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"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"

Is there such a thing? Suitable for an old guy like me that thinks >

graphically, in terms of gates, and not in terms of code?

Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott

If you get DesignDirect, made by Lattice, you grab a gate icon
to the screen and your desiging your FGPA.

Some reading , if your close to a university, check out the bookstore.
Here's some books ,

The Design Warrior's Guide to FPGAs : Devices, Tools and Flows , Author:
Clive Maxfield

The Practical Xilinx Designer Lab Book
by David Van Den Bout

Xilinx Student Edition (Version 1.3)
by Xilinx Inc

Programmable Logic: PLDs and FPGAs
by Richard C. Seals, G. F. Whapshott

VHDL Starter's Pack (Book and CD-ROM)
by Sudhakar Yalamanchili

 

[Leon Heller]

"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"

And the Dummy's Guide?

There is a nice 'cookbook' approach in this book:

http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~hamblen/book/bookse.htm

but it rapidly progresses to the use of VHDL.

I've got an introduction to using CPLDs on my web site:

http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller/pld_starter.html

They are smaller then FPGAs and might be more suitable for your purposes.

Leon

 

[Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott]

Is there such a thing? Suitable for an old guy like me that thinks
graphically, in terms of gates, and not in terms of code?

Thanks to all!

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